Turkey shoot

The 4-H Shotgun Club hosted a Turkey Shoot on Nov. 1 at the Clinton Gun Club. Pictured are, from left, Lachlan Penner, Jaxson Haigler and Dallas Freeman.

TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is the 319th day of 2020 and the 54th day of autumn. TODAY’S HISTORY In 1851, the first American edition of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick” was published. In 1889, New York World reporter Nellie Bly set out to travel around the world in less than 80 days, inspired by Jules Verne.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20 AND 30 YEARS AGO

30 YEARS AGO Arapaho students always pick up awards at the Soil Conservation poster and essay competition every year. The youngsters garnered 14 out of the 18 places in the various categories in the competition for 1990 sponsored by the Custer County Conservation District.

US Army veteran

Clinton Veteran Center resident Larry Dobbs, a former US Army member from 1966 to 1968, holds an American flag.

It is time to take COVID-19 seriously

There is no one that hates government intrusion more than we do. But we believe the time has come to put a temporary mask mandate in place in order to keep many people from spreading or getting COVID-19.

I’ve become a neighborhood dog celebrity

I am a celebrity among the neighborhood dogs. By now, I have been giving out dog treats on my daily walk for several months. If you think this has gone unnoticed among my town's dog population, you would be very much mistaken.

Our country is totally worn out

This country is in a word, exhausted. The velocity of news in the Trump era has been unprecedented. The passions expressed in this period have few peers in history. The election left the country weary – and left just under half the voting public embittered.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

TRAPPED IN A DRYER Firefighters with Essex County (England) Fire and Rescue Service were called to a derelict laundromat on Oct. 30, where three young men had become trapped inside an industrial-sized tumble dryer.

Frailty assessment helpful before surgery

Dear Doctor: Our dad is 82 years old and may need to get a pacemaker. My brother and I recently read that surgery is hard on older people, both physically and mentally. Is getting a pacemaker going to be risky? He's physically pretty weak, and we're worried the surgery will be too much for him.

Proud to live in the USA!

Even though we didn’t know the outcome of the presidential election at the time of this writing, we, like many others, are extremely happy that Election Day has come and gone. Regardless of who is declared the winner, we believe it will not signal the end of the world.